User Guide

MILITARY COMMAND
This screen can be reached by clicking on MIL from the screen transfer panel or
by pressing F3. From the Military department you may assign Captains or engi-
neering and computer officers to any of your starships. You can also assemble
fleets and deploy those fleets to various areas of the galaxy. In addition, from
the Military screen you may enter the Buy screen, where the Executron’s on-line
marketplace feature allows you to purchase new starships and upgrade the equip-
ment on your existing ships. Finally, from the military area you may access the
Battle screen, where you can watch the conflict in real time, and send strategy
over the communications net to assist your officers in battle.
Along the upper left of this screen is the stats/text box of the basic statistics for
the area. This
box changes
to show appro-
priate lists as
you select
them.
At the upper
right is an-
other box. It
normally con-
tains the star
map. Arrow
buttons in the lower right-hand corner of this box allow you to move the planet
images inside the star map and scan the galaxy at short range or you may move
your Holo-pointer to the far edges of the screen. There is a bar at the bottom of
the map which displays the name of any planet inside this box’s range. The start
coordinates are positioned on Harmony itself.
Directly underneath this box is an array of seven buttons. They are arranged in
two columns, the first one containing buttons marked OFFICERS, ARMADA,
MISSIONS, PLANETS and STATS. The second column contains buttons
marked BUILD ARMADA and BUILD MISSION.
These buttons control the military screen for a number of different operations.
Clicking on OFFICERS makes the Executron call its home planet database, and
retrieve a list in the stats/text box of all officers currently hired, along with their
assignments.
ARMADA lists all ships currently owned by Harmony. The color of the listed
ships indicates their status. White means the ship is docked on Harmony, Green
indicates a ship involved in a patrol mission, and red indicates a ship in attack
posture. Clicking on a ship will change the contents of the box at right to show
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the officers on board ship. Underneath this list are two buttons: ATTACH and
DETACH. Beside these two buttons are up/down arrow buttons used to flip
through the armada one ship at a time.
MISSIONS works almost identically to ARMADA, but instead of displaying the
ship’s crew, it displays the Mission information. This is organized simply, and
the destination of the mission is printed at the top of the right hand box.
A row consisting of three buttons is directly underneath this name. The left-most
button is marked LAUNCH and is used to launch a mission. Once launched, the
button toggles to display the word RECALL, which aborts the mission and
sends all attached ships back to Harmony. Beside this is the PATROL/ATTACK
button, which selects the mission posture. Patrols will not attack unless pro-
voked, while Attack missions will tire at any other ships they encounter. The
button at the extreme right is marked DEST, and is used to update the destina-
tion of the mission. Clicking on this button sets the destination to the last se-
lected planet. Double clicking this button duplicates the function of the
PLANETS button, allowing a destination for the mission to be picked.
Below this row there are arrow buttons which pertain to the list of ships attached
to the mission. This list appears in the middle area of the box, and up to eight
ships can be attached to each mission. Underneath the list are the same four but-
tons are at the bottom of this box in the ARMADA section. They function in
much the same way, allowing ships to be attached to missions, and missions to
be scanned one at a time.
PLANETS lists all known heavenly bodies. Clicking on PLANETS leaves the
right-hand box intact, however, in order to see what the planet looks like you
must click on the STATS button at the bottom of the first row. Selecting a planet
is identical to selecting a name or item from any list. Simply aim your
Holo-
pointer, and away you go. STATS also returns the stats/text box to its original
stats display.
The BUILD ARMADA Button is used to assign free officers to a new ship, and
to make personnel changes to existing ships. Holo-pointer select it, choose a
ship, and the right-hand box display is identical to that detailed in the AR-
MADA section. The stats/text box displays a list of officers.
Available officers are highlighted within the box, and by clicking on a ship as-
signment, such as Captain, and then on an available officer, you can assign the
position and prepare the ship for launch. You need only click the ATTACH but-
ton in order to make the assignment final. The officer’s name will be placed in
the selected position. DETACH works in the opposite way, relieving an officer
of his duties aboard ship.
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